ABSTRACT
In the world of police work (especially as portrayed on television), identifying individuals having means, motive, and opportunity often leads to the identification of potential suspects and, hopefully, the arrest of any and all guilty parties. As this suggests, means, motive, and opportunity (MM&O) are essential elements in the successful execution of a criminally motivated act and provide important clues for police engaged in criminal investigations. By extension, we believe that the consideration of these variables may prove useful in the study of isolated, occasional, and more persistent (insidious) acts of harm-doing in work settings. Furthermore, we believe that the utility of this framework may be manifest in both research and practice. In this chapter, we provide empirical and conceptual support for these assertions.
